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Officials heard a compromise pitch Tuesday for Knox County Schools to help fund its budget proposal, which is at the heart of a public battle between the mayor and school officials.More >> Officials heard a compromise pitch Tuesday for Knox County Schools to help fund its budget proposal, which is at the heart of a public battle between the mayor and school officials.More >> According to a preliminary report released by the county's external auditor Pugh & Company, former KTSC CEO Gloria Ray was improperly paid bonuses for the past three years.More >> According to a preliminary report released by the county's external auditor Pugh & Company, former KTSC CEO Gloria Ray was improperly paid bonuses for the past three years.
More >> Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett is using robo calls that ask citizens to lobby their commissioners against the school system's budget proposal.More >> Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett is using robo calls that ask citizens to lobby their commissioners against the school system's budget proposal.More >> With the closure of the only hospital in Scott County just days away, people are finalizing plans in the event of an emergency.More >> With the closure of the only hospital in Scott County just days away, people are finalizing plans in the event of an emergency.More >> The Knoxville Expo 10K and 5K Run/Walk has been a Memorial Weekend tradition for Bryan Campbell, 43, for most of his life. "It's the 35th year, a milestone year. I've done it every year since I was 9," said Campbell.More >> The Knoxville Expo 10K and 5K Run/Walk has been a Memorial Weekend tradition for 43-year-old Bryan Campbell for most of his life. "It's the 35th year, a milestone year. I've done it every year since I was 9," said Campbell.More >> Friends of the victims' in a triple fatal shooting in Powell, say the accused shooter and his wife were having marital problems.More >> Friends of the victims' in a triple fatal shooting in Powell, say the accused shooter and his wife were having marital problems.More >> A new study at the University of Tennessee's Early Learning Center may change how we think about playgrounds.More >> A new study at the University of Tennessee's Early Learning Center may change how we think about playgrounds.More >> Jackie L. McConnell, 60, of Collierville, Tenn., John Mays, 50, of Collierville, Tenn., and Joseph R. Abernathy, 30, of Olive Branch, Miss. all entered their pleas in federal court in Chattanooga.More >> Jackie L. McConnell, 60, of Collierville, Tenn., John Mays, 50, of Collierville, Tenn., and Joseph R. Abernathy, 30, of Olive Branch, Miss. all entered their pleas in federal court in Chattanooga.More >> The Mid-South Carpenters Regional Council pledged to do background checks on all its hires after two convicted sex offenders were arrested at a job site in Dandridge.More >> The Mid-South Carpenters Regional Council pledged to do background checks on all its hires after two convicted sex offenders were arrested at a job site in Dandridge.More >> A judge on Monday raised former Maryville church youth leader Laura Lee Salazar's bond to $50,000 in a child sex case. She was taken into custody after the hearing.More >> A judge on Monday raised former Maryville church youth leader Laura Lee Salazar's bond to $50,000 in a child sex case. She was taken into custody after the hearing.
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CHATTANOOGA (AP) - The operator of a Niota water treatment plant must serve six months in a federal prison for falsifying documents that covered up his failure to properly operate a sewage treatment system.
Before the sentencing Monday, federal prosecutors asked the court to make an example out of Donald Jack Clark, arguing that he potentially put the public at risk of contracting serious illness. They said the 58-year-old failed to properly disinfect waste water before it was discharged into Little North Mouse Creek, a tributary of the Hiwassee River.
U.S. District Judge Harry S. Mattice Jr. also ordered Clark to serve six months on home detention following his release from prison and to perform 150 hours of community service.
Clark pleaded guilty in September to 12 counts of making false documents required by the federal Clean Water Act.
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